France 1 South Korea 1

[Gagh]

France dominated until Korea got the equaliser - with Togo threatening to pull of the competition this may well seal France's fate.


It's funny.

 

[Red Whacker]

^Why is Togo so mad?

 

[curiousa2z]

I thought the French were rather lackadaisical today - until the Koreans scored of course, then everyone was flustered - didja see that wild throw from Barthez? lol

and yeah, why's Togo so angry?

 

[speck]

At least these two teams were entertaining to watch.

 

[Paladin]

France dominated until Korea got the equaliser - with Togo threatening to pull of the competition this may well seal France's fate.


It's funny.

What was that about TOGO??

 

[Paladin]

I thought the French were rather lackadaisical today - until the Koreans scored of course, then everyone was flustered - didja see that wild throw from Barthez? lol

and yeah, why's Togo so angry?

I have no idea why the French have been lackadaisical. Their opponents have been jokes. Clearly not world-class teams yet they cannot beat them. What gives? They used to have one of the top teams in the world. It is my opinion that Thierry Henri is the worst player on the planet. He commits so many errors I want to beat hiim upside the head with a Blue Jay baseball bat. Fuck. I can still remember when the French won in France. Now they can barely school a goal in an ENTIRE TOURNAMENT.

 

[Hambil]

Whoooohoooo! Another rolicking tie!

 

[Kefka]

Shut up.

 

[Gagh]

The Togo issue was about money, due to the greedy players:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/teams/togo/5092382.stm

Togo match goes ahead after row
Togo's World Cup game with Switzerland will go ahead after reports in Germany that the players had been paid overdue bonuses for qualifying.
Togo skipper Jean-Paul Abalo said that unless the players received payments he claimed they were owed, the team may consider not playing the fixture.

Reports in the German media suggested that at least some of the money had ahead of Monday's fixture.

Fifa intervened on Sunday to persuade Togo's players not to boycott the game.

The squad finally boarded their bus to Dortmund where the Hawks play against Switzerland on Monday.

The players had initially stayed in their Wangen base while they discussed a long-running pay dispute.

"As far as we understand the team did not want to play," a Fifa spokesman said.

"The Fifa delegate there told them it would be extremely serious. He told them to be reasonable and they were."

No team that has qualified for a World Cup finals has withdrawn from a match in the 76-year history of the event.

Any nation doing so face a heavy fine and could be banned from subsequent competitions.

The Togolese were beaten 2-1 by South Korea in their opening match on their World Cup debut.

The dispute had prompted coach Otto Pfister, a German, to walk out just before the tournament, saying it made it impossible for him to do his job.

He returned just in time for the first match.

Players from the tiny West African country have demanded US$196,300 each to play and US$38,000 for each win, half that for each draw.

But officials from the country with an average per capita income of well below US$1,000 have said those demands are too high.